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the adulteration figure which at 2.6% shows a reduction of 0.4 from
that of last year.
Milk was again the main feed trampled and of the 42 samples
submitted for analysis only 2 proved to be non-genuine by reason
of the presumed presence of water to the extent of up to 1 %. It
was considered that the percentage was insufficient to warrant
further action especially as repetitive samples proved satisfactory.
A third sample, taken from a part-used churn at a hospital, was
reported upon as not being genuine by reason of the abstraction of
56 % of milk fat. This deficiency was due to the non-plunging of the
milk before use and the Superintendent was notified accordingly.
Ice-cream was also sampled fairly heavily and during the year
25 samples were obtained and submitted to the Public Analyst for
examination together with 8 ice-lollies. All samples proved to be
genuine and the ice-creams more than fulfilled the requirements of
the Food Standards (Ice-Cream) Order, 1953, which governed from
1st June, 1953, the minimum content of fat and milk solids other
than fat in relation to ice-cream. One sample of Ice-cream powder
also proved to be genuine.
Appended at the end of this Food Section is a table listing all
the samples reported upon as being " non genuine " and giving the
administrative action taken in respect of each unsatisfactory
sample.
Legal Proceedings.—Legal proceedings instituted against a
retail vendor of sweets for continuing, after previous warning, to
store his commodities in a W.C. compartment had to be abandoned
on account of the death of the Senior Food Inspector, the principal
witness.
Costs for the defendant were refused by the Magistrate in view
of the fact that the Council had been ready to prove its case prior
to the demise of the Food Inspector and had postponed its action
only at the defendant's request.
Other Food Examinations.—In addition to those obtained
under the Food & Drugs Act, other articles not procured in the normal
course of sampling were examined either by the Public Analyst or at
the Public Health Service Laboratory. These examinations were
the outcome of complaints from members of the public or as a result
of special investigations into certain foods carried out by the Food
Inspectors or as the " follow-up " to reported food poisoning cases.
Information concerning the analyses of these samples is given
in the following table:—